ZIP 63744 vs ZIP 63740

This side-by-side compares ZIP 63744 (Delta, MO) and ZIP 63740 (Chaffee, MO) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 63744 has a population of 111 at 352 people per square mile, while ZIP 63740 has 5,339 at 23 per square mile. That difference in population size and density alone reshapes how every other metric should be interpreted — a higher-income ZIP with 1,200 residents behaves very differently from one with 45,000.

On income and education, ZIP 63744 reports a median household income of $36,250 against $54,364 in ZIP 63740, with per-capita income of $25,340 vs $30,290. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 15.3% in 63744 and 18.4% in 63740. Poverty rate reads 14.6% vs 7.3%, and unemployment 4.1% vs 3.3% — these four fields alone drive most of the difference in the scorecard grades you will see for each ZIP.

Housing separates these two ZIPs further: median home value sits at $110,200 in 63744 versus $140,700 in 63740, with median rent of $800 and $647 per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 78.6% vs 79.5%. When reading the comparison table below, focus on paired metrics rather than single winners — a ZIP with lower home values and lower income is not strictly "worse" if rent-to-income ratios and commute times land in the same zone. Every value is pulled from the exact same ACS table so the two columns are genuinely comparable.